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Core Belief
"Jim believes in the importance of family and freedom. He is willing to risk everything to reunite with his wife and children, and he values his own liberty above all else."
Worldview
Jim sees the world as inherently unjust, particularly towards enslaved people. He clings to superstitions and omens as a way to make sense of a world that often seems arbitrary and cruel.
Personality
Jim is a kind, compassionate, and superstitious man. He is intelligent and possesses a strong sense of morality, often acting as a surrogate father figure to Huck. He is also deeply devoted to his family.
In Their Own Words
"But looky here, Huck, who wuz it dat ’uz killed in dat shanty ef it warn’t you?"
"I—I run off."
"I owns mysef, en I’s wuth eight hund’d dollars. I wisht I had de money, I wouldn’ want no mo’."
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